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Title
Date(s)
- 1888-1978 (Creation)
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25pp
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Archival history
Kerby A. Miller created his transcripts of the diary from the original manuscript held in the National Library of Ireland [call number MS 21666].
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Scope and content
The John McClancy (Clancy) diary documents the voyage of John McClancy from Milltown Malbay, County Clare to America in 1888. Per Kerby A. Miller's transcript of the diary: 'Written by a member of the Clancy/McClancy or Mac Fhlannchaidhe family, an hereditary bardic family, of Islandbawn, Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare. The author was probably far more literate in Irish than English, for the members of his family were still transcribing or composing Irish verse after their emigration to America in the post-famine period. John Clancy was born in 1861.' This series includes Kerby A. Miller's diary transcript and a negative photostat of the diary provided to Miller by the National Library of Ireland in 1978.
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Note
The reference copy of the diary and Miller's research on John McClancy are located in P155/15/2.